Monthly Archives: August 2009
The Games of Fall 09 (on GamesRadar)
While most folks mourn the end of summer, gamers are different. They creep around in their dark rooms all summer staring at brightly lit computers yelling things like, “Eat it, motherf*(*&^%!!!” And “Hey mom???!!! Where’s my motherf*(*&^%!!! milk!!!!” Gamer rejoice … Continue reading
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Activision Ghetto-izes Guitar Hero Van Halen
In what appears to be a badly hidden secret, rather than a big six-pack celebration like it should be, Activision is given Guitar Hero: Van Halen the super ghetto treatment. Starting with its nearly hidden appearance at E3 2009, stashed … Continue reading
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How Airtight Games started a console game studio with just $24,000
In 2004, Microsoft canceled a sequel to its Crimson Skies game, prompting the game’s executive producer, Jim Deal, to leave the company to create a startup. He and his team of four other ex-Microsoft game people had $24,000 of their … Continue reading
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GameStop: Play Halo 3: ODST Firefight Early
Seen enough Halo 3: ODST previews and impressions? Ready to play? Your time has come, rookie. In conjunction with Microsoft and GameStop, Bungie is fueling its custom Halo 3: ODST Transport and is scheduled for a 22-stop, nationwide roadtrip to … Continue reading
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Gamescom 09: Rock Band Unveils Sgt. Pepper’s and Rubber Soul DLC (All Tracks Revealed)
From Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, Harmonix CEO and co-founder Alex Rigopulos today confirmed that The Beatles: Rock Band will not only see the full Abbey Road album become available via DLC on October 10, 2009, but following it will be … Continue reading
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GamesCom 09: Molyneux Unveils Kingdom in Fable IIm
Cologne, Germany holds the annual European show, GamesCom, and this year the surprises are bigger and better than in years past. For one, Sony announced a $100 price cut for PS3 along with its new PS3 slim model. Second, Lionhead … Continue reading
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Brutal Legend Demo Slated for September
Electronic Arts today announced it will offer a free demo download of Brutal Legend on PSN and XBLA this September. Tim Schafer’s outrageous game is slated for October 13 in North America and October 16 in Europe. If you value … Continue reading
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WTF? Video Games are Dying?
I got an email from an associate the other day about a mini video documentary called “Digital Trends Presents Players Only with Scott Steinberg: Video Games are Dead.” The headline irked me because to say that ‘video games are dead” … Continue reading
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Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood Review
There is something innately exciting about Western stories. The Wild West is usually depicted as a lawless land of id-driven pursuits where lust, greed, and fame always end up dragging a wagon of bullet-ridden bodies behind it. Call of Juarez: … Continue reading
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Brutal Legend Multiplayer Hands-on
You’ve heard the rants from what you think are extreme fanboys. Seen the accolades laid upon a studio that seems to take forever–four years–just to make a single game. And witnessed the drama from Microsoft’s punt of Psychonauts to Activision’s … Continue reading
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